1955 Football Cards, page 13
Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1955 Topps All-American | 63 | Charlie Justice | running back | North Carolina | College Hall of Fame 1961, Commanders Ring of Fame | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 64 | Benny Friedman | quarterback | Michigan | College Hall of Fame 1951, Pro Football Hall of Fame 2005 | Rookie card | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 65 | Joe Donchess | end | Pittsburgh | College Hall of Fame 1979 | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 66 | Bruiser Kinard | tackle | Mississippi | College Hall of Fame 1951, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1971 | Rookie card Kinard's brothers, George and Billy, also played professional football. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 67 | Frankie Albert | quarterback, coach | Stanford | College Hall of Fame 1956 | Albert finished fourth in voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1940, and third in 1941. See the Gallery's page of cards of Heisman candidates. | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 68 | The Four Horsemen | PSA 3 mc | ||||||
Jim Crowley | halfback | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1966 | ||||||
Elmer Layden | fullback | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1951 | ||||||
Don Miller | halfback | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1970 | ||||||
Harry Stuhldreher | quarterback | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1958 | ||||||
1955 Topps All-American | 69 | Frank Sinkwich | halfback | Georgia | College Hall of Fame 1954, Heisman Trophy 1942 | Rookie card Sinkwich played two seasons for the Detroit Lions and two seasons for the AAFC's New York Yankees and Baltimore Colts. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 70 | Bill Daddio | end | Pittsburgh | Playing for the Chicago Cardinals, Daddio led the NFL in field goals scored in 1942. He made 5 of 10 attempts. | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 71 | Bob Wilson | halfback | SMU | College Hall of Fame 1973 | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 72 | Chub Peabody | guard | Harvard | College Hall of Fame 1973 | Peabody was governor of Massachusetts from 1963 to 1965. | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 73 | Paul Governali | quarterback | Columbia | College Hall of Fame 1986 | Governali finished second to Frank Sinkwich in voting for the 1942 Heisman Trophy. See the Gallery's page of cards of Heisman candidates. | PSA 7 mk | ||
1955 Topps All-American | 74 | Gene McEver | halfback | Tennessee | College Hall of Fame 1954 | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 75 | Hugh Gallarneau | halfback | Stanford | College Hall of Fame 1982 | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 76 | Angelo Bertelli | quarterback | Notre Dame | College Hall of Fame 1972, Heisman Trophy 1943 | Rookie card Bertelli was second in Heisman voting in 1941, sixth in 1942, and first in 1943. After serving in World War II, he played three seasons for the AAFC's Los Angeles Dons and Chicago Rockets. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 77 | Bowden Wyatt | end | Tennessee | College Hall of Fame 1972 | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 78 | Jay Berwanger | halfback | Chicago | College Hall of Fame 1954, Heisman Trophy 1935 | Rookie card Berwanger was the first Heisman Trophy winner and the first player ever chosen in the NFL draft. He decided not to play pro football, however. See the Gallery's Heisman Trophy Candidates and First Overall Draft Picks pages. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 79 | Pug Lund | halfback | Minnesota | College Hall of Fame 1958 | Lund won the Big Ten's MVP award, the Chicago Tribune Silver Football, in 1934. | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 80 | Bennie Oosterbaan | end | Michigan | College Hall of Fame 1954 | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 81 | Cotton Warburton | quarterback | USC | College Hall of Fame 1975 | Warburton became a film editor; he received an Academy Award for his work on Mary Poppins in 1964. | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 82 | Alex Wojciechowicz | center | Fordham | College Hall of Fame 1955, Eagles Honor Roll 1987, Pride of the Lions 2009, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1968 | Wojciechowicz was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame in 1975. | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 83 | Ted Coy | fullback | Yale | College Hall of Fame 1951 | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 84 | Ace Parker | quarterback | Duke | College Hall of Fame 1955, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1972 | Rookie card Before his death in November 2013, Parker was the oldest living pro football player. He was 101 years old. |
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1955 Topps All-American | 85 | Sid Luckman | quarterback | Columbia | College Hall of Fame 1960, Pro Football Hall of Fame 1965 | Luckman finished third in voting for the 1938 Heisman Trophy, behind Davey O'Brien and Marshall Goldberg. | |||
1955 Topps All-American | 86 | Albie Booth | quarterback | Yale | College Hall of Fame 1966 | ||||
1955 Topps All-American | 87 | Germany Schulz | center | Michigan | College Hall of Fame 1951 |